When: 2015/02/22 to 2015/03/05
Where: Shifen Sky Lantern Square
No.136, Nanshanping, Nanshan Village, Pingxi Dist., New Taipei CityXinbei City Pingsi
Pinghsi Junior High School
No.92 , Shihdi Street , PingSi District , New Taipei CityXinbei City Pingsi
Jingtong Elementary School
No.45, Jingtong St., Pingxi Dist., New Taipei CityXinbei City Pingsi
Contact Number: +886-2296 03456 #4076

Sky Lantern Festival starts during the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunar calendar every year. This year New Taipei City government plans to give away thousands of lanterns for visitors to participate the events, from which it can be seen that the activity is to spread happiness and hope. Visitor may also buy your own lanterns from street stalls. You may find several colors of sky lantern represent different kinds of whish, health, fortune, work, romance, etc. On this day, you will see over 100,000 sky lanterns rising into night sky during the events; it will be a magical and breathtaking sight that you will cherish forever.

Sky lantern” was invented during the Three Kingdoms period (AD 220-265) by Zhuge Liang aka Kongming. In the beginning, the sky lantern was created to use for transmit military information. In 19th century the Lantern Festival tradition has brought to Taiwan, and ever since then starting from the spring of planting season, people would release “sky lanterns” into the air with their prayers for the coming year. The American Discovery Channel TV Program ranked "The Fantastic Festivals of the World" has highlighted the Taiwan Lantern Festival as one of the best festivals in the world. The sky lanterns are constructed from oiled rice paper on a bamboo made frame, and contain a small candle or fuel cell composed of a waxy flammable material. After lit, the flame heats the air inside the lantern, same concept of a hot air balloon which raises the lantern into the sky. People usually write their wishes on the sky lanterns because it is believed as the lantern fly into the sky; it is a way to pass on your wishes to gods above.

For more information on Taiwan Lantern Festival:
http://www.travelking.com.tw/eng/tourguide/lanternfestival/
Hotel bookings on Lantern Festival around Taiwan:
http://www.hotel.com.tw/en/